Lot Essay
Water Lilies, conceived in 1913, was designed as a fountain to be placed in a pool. This model marked the beginning of Vonnoh's increasing interest in larger garden sculpture using children and adolescents.
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'Water Lilies'
Details
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955)
'Water Lilies'
inscribed 'Bessie Potter Vonnoh' and indistinctly 'QAOY' (on the base)--inscribed 'O.4' (underneath)
bronze with light brown patina
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
'Water Lilies'
inscribed 'Bessie Potter Vonnoh' and indistinctly 'QAOY' (on the base)--inscribed 'O.4' (underneath)
bronze with light brown patina
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
Literature
The Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of a Collection of Small Bronzes Arranged by the National Sculpture Society, February-March 1913, no. 208, description of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, illustration of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 83, illustration of another example
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1839-1939, New York, 1989, p. 167, illustration of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, illustration of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 83, illustration of another example
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1839-1939, New York, 1989, p. 167, illustration of another example